Journal Article

An evaluation of EFL materials taught at Saudi Universities

Al-Nafisah, Khalid I, Al Shorman, Raed A

2014

Overview

This study aimed at investigating instructors' perspectives of EFL textbooks, Interactions Series, which have been prescribed for use in the Saudi universities. For the purpose of this study, the researchers developed a questionnaire based on the related literature to identify the instructors' perspective of the Interactions Series. The questionnaire consisted of 13 domains: practical considerations, layout and design, aims and objectives, activities, skills, language type, subject and content, assessment, the teacher's book, appropriateness, flexibility, the availability of English teaching/learning resources, and overall opinion. In addition to theses domains, the questionnaire included an open-ended question which asked the respondents to provide their personal suggestions to improve the series. The sample of the study consisted of all 27 EFL male instructors at King Saud University during the first semester of the academic year 2012-2013. The findings of the study revealed that the respondents perceived the Interactions Series as appropriate for teaching English to Saudi EFL university students.

• Publisher: جامعة الملك سعود
• Subject: اتجاهات الطلاب / الجامعات السعودية / الوسائل التعليمية / تدريس اللغة الانجليزية / تقييم الاداء